A Sabre aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF under routine maintenance at the RAAF base at Butterworth, Malaysia. As a safety precaution, the set flag perimeter warns those in the vicinity that the aircraft is armed. A sunshade has been placed over the open cockpit to shield the pilot from the tropical sun. At this time, these jet fighters were used in an interceptor role during Confrontation from 1963 to 1966. On the left, an RAF Victor bomber can be seen landing.

No. 77 Squadron ground crew leaning against Meteor aircraft A77-316 “The Korean Kid”. This aircraft was mainly flown by Sergeant James C. Kichenside who was the youngest pilot in the squadron and was known as ‘the Korean Kid’, Kimpo, South Korea, 1952.